Batch dividing and covering means



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Patented Apr. 18, 1933 UNITED STATES.

E T aQFF -C f I JAMES moivnnsnrirrcomn, or WASHINGTON, msrnicr or'cowmm Baron nrvlnrive Ann covnnme Means "1 Application filed March s, 1931. Serial No. 523,134.

Theinvention primarily has for its object to provide novel means for separating and covering certain of various materials such as transporting of a batch ofmaterials in each" such divided compartment, each batch comprising several individual materials in the proportions suitable for an ultimate mix,

for example, of gra'vel,sandandcementg Because of the usual damp nature of the sand and the well known characteristics of p the cement it must of necessity be separated from the sand to retain it in a dry state. Furthermore, it is impractical to transport cement in bulk without a covering to prevent this finely powdered cmaterial; being 2 taken up into the air, especiallyon, windy of transporting cement is forbidden by -regulations.

Therefore in its more detailed nature theinvention resides in the provision in a trans- 3 and means to cover the material separated by i the sheet.

The invention further comprehends a nov-v el overlapped relation of the edges otthe 4 A separating sheet and the covering means which acts in conjunction with the restraining influence of adJacent body wall portions to effect apressure sealing jof the separatedmaterial.

45? Other objects will in part-be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid obJects and ends, the invention still further resides in the novel details of construction, combination and. arrangement of parts," allot gravel, sand and cement being transported edges. v

Flgure 5 is a detail perspective view illus- '79.

3 days, and in fact inmost cities this manner" porting body of a flexible sheet connected at one edge to a wall of the body and adapted to cabin is indicated at 3. The body sills 4 are which will be first fullyidescribedinthe fol 1 I lowing detailed description, then be particu larly pointed out in the appended claims;

reference beinghad to the drawings, in. which:- 1 V I Figure 1 is a somewhat diagrammatic side elevation illustratingthe invention applied accompanying' on a dump truck body, parts beingbroken away and in section. l

t Figure 2 is a vertical cross section of-the GQJ I truck body, 1 Figure 3 is a detail fragmentary-persped tive view of aportion of one of the bod y di-'- :4

viders with the separatingand covering, sheetssecured to its upper edge! 5 i 6a Figured sasomewhat diagrammatic per spectlve. VIEW illustrating a pair ofisheets" relea'sably secured along their otherwise free trating a modified meansforconnecting the separating sheet to the body wall. i Figure 6 isa somewhat diagrammatic perspect ve. view illustrating another means, for; releasably securing the edges of the separatmg sheet and, the covering means. 1 Figures 7, 8 and 9are detail vertical longi-: tudinal sections illustrating modified "ar rangements of the separating and covering. sheets. 1, r Figure 10 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 10.10onFigures 7 or &

Figure 11 isa detail cross section illustrating a further modified form of separator V sheet-connecting means. 1 a

In the drawings I have shown s'o-muchj of a truck and its dump body as is necessary to illustrategthe application ofthe invention. The invention ismountable on any conven tional form'of such truck and since the body 9 elevating mechanism forms-no part offthe invention it is not shown.

The truck chassis 1 is supported on wheels 2 in the .usual manner and the customary 95 connected piv-otally asat 5upon the chassis beams 1 in the customary'manner and support the body 6 which is equipped as usualwith the rear dump gate 7 swingablyconnected to thebody at 8. f

Batch divider plates or walls 9 are positioned at spaced intervals across the body to divide it into a plurality of batch receiving compartments and the said members 9 are swingably mounted on the body side walls as at 10. Thesemembers 9 normally seat in and are held to position by floor seats 11 and when it is desired to dump a batch, the body 6 first having been raised on its pivot 5, it is only necessary to manipulate the respective handle or'crank 12 to cause the eccentric hub- 13 in whichthe pivot cross shaft is secured to engage the top face of the body side and elevate the member 9 out of the seat 11 to enable it to swing on the said shaft 10.

The'parts thus far described are all conventional and their detailed construction and manner of operation is well understood to workers in the art. Y The invention residesin combining with these parts the covering and separating sheets which I am about to describe.

Associated with each batch compartment is a plurality of separating and covering sheets, preferably of waterproof canvas. In the drawings I have shown two, one indicated 14 to separate the cement from the layer of sand, andanother 15 to cover over the layer of cement. f

The sheets are larger than the horizontal cross sectional area of the respective compartments to enable themto be lapped down into the compartments .to their respective places and to assure thorough covering and separation of the cement layer, and the sa1d sheets aresecured along one edge as at 1.7

to the respective wall 9 or the solid end wall porarily secure the otherwise free edges of the sheets or flaps to completely encase the cement in envelope fashion. One convenient way of accomplishing this is to provide the three otherwise free edges of the associated sheets with the well known Zipper fasteners diagrammatically indicated at 18 in Fig: ure4. In this manner the sheet edges may be joined about the cement while in transit to completely encase'it as a waterproof envelope, and the Zipper quickly releasedjust before dumping to free the sheet edges so that they will not interfere with the dumping of the respective batches.

. *If'desired the separator sheet alone may be connected to the dump body partition wall as indicated in Figures 5, 7 and 10. In these figures the separator sheet is designated 19 and is connected by straps 20 to the body partition wall 21. The cement covering means is in the nature of a free cover sheet 22 having its edges tucked into frictional overlapping engagement .with those of the separator sheet in proximity to the adjacent dump body walls as indicated at 23 so that the pressure of the encased cement will force them against said walls and into intimate sealing contact.

VVhen the separator and covering sheet edges are arranged in engagement as indicated in Figures 1, 2 and 6 said edges may be secured, if desired, by fastening devices as indicated at 24 in Figure 6. Any suitable form of fastener maybe employed but I prefer to use fasteners capable of holding the edges together during transit but WlllCll' are capable of automatic separation when subjected' to the strainof the weight of the pement when the body is dumped. In order to accomplish this all of the fasteners, or only those toward the dump end of thetruck, may be of the automaticallyreleasable type as desired. In order to furtherfacilitate this automatic dumping feature the separator sheet may be slit and overlapped as at 25 to provide a free discharge flap.

, InFigure. 8 of the drawings I have shown a modified form of the invention in which a single sheet 26 is employedwhich' forms the separator sheet and is folded upon itself to spaced above the separator sheet but still co operating in, the materialdesired separation.

and covering function.

It will be readily understood that when the separator and cover sheets are edgeengaged as shown in Figures 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 10, the

material separating and covering function will be performed in the desired manner and yet, when the truck body is dumped, the separated material is free to force its way out between the sheets without the necessity of an attendant first releasing any securing means,

If desired, the connecting straps 20 may be secured to the horizontal portion only of the separator sheet 19 as indicated at 31 in Figure 11. This arrangement makes it possible to tuck the cover sheet 22 into edge-to-edge engagement with and outside of all of the upturned edges of the separator sheet. In this manner the overlying edges of the cover sheet I act as a complete water shed for protecting This application is a continuation in part of my copending application of like title filed by me on May 7 ,1929, Serial Number 361,053;

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying'drawings, it is thought that the novel details of construction, the manner of use and the advantages of theinvention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to whichit rement; of a flexible separator sheet attached at oneedge tothe front wall and being of an area sufficient to separate upper andlower layers of material and'adapted when the truck is dumped to permit free egress of the layers of material while remaining attached to said front wall, and a cover sheet covering over the upper layer of material and having frictional engagement with the edges of the separator-sheet .to cooperate therewith in completely encasing said upper layer of material. I

2. 111 a dump truck body, a bottom and walls defining a chamber for receiving a plurality of layers of material, one said wall being removable when the truck body is dumped, a flexible separator sheet having an area in excess of the area of the bottom whereby it may lie horizontally across the chamber and serve to completely separate an upper layer'of material from a lower layer of material, means to connect the separator sheet to the wall remote from the removable wall to retain the separator sheet in the chamber when the truck body is dumped and the layers of material discharged therefrom, and a free cover sheet tucked in around its edges in frictional contact with the sep- 50 arator sheet edges to form therewith an envelope completely encasing the upper layer of material.

3. In a dump truck body, a bottom and walls defining a chamber for receiving a plurality of layers of material, one said wall -being removable when the truck body is dumped, a flexible cover and separator sheet folded over upon itself to form lower separator and upper cover sheets each of an area in excess of the horizontal cross sectional area of the chamber whereby they may respectively completely separate anupper layer of material from a lower layer of material and completely cover said layer with the edges of the sheets in frictional contact for completely encasing said separated and the cement encased'between the sheets 19 and covered' layer of material, and means to cone nect said flexible cover and separator sheet at its fold to the wall opposite theremo'w able wall forthe purpose described.-

4. The combination with a dump body for transporting segregated materials havingabottom and walls defining areotangularmaterial' receiving hollow, of a plurality 'OfIQQ Z tangular material separating and covering i sheets of flexible material connected atone edge only to a wall of the truck bodyad j'acent the upper edge of saidgw'all, said sheets each being of an area in excessof the r horizontalcross sectional area ofthe truck:

body hollow to enable them tobe lapped down into the body hollow varied distances and thence into frictionaledge-to-edgecon tact whereby to providefor' acompleteenv v if casement of the material=wliilein transit and yet 'permitfree dumping of the encased mar terial without the necessity of sheet edge releasing manipulation. 1

5. The combination of a dump body'ha'v ing sidewalls", a rigid end wall, swingable batch dividing and dumping"walls, and a dumping end gate forming a plurality of batch compartments; of apluralityof sets of rectangular material-separating and ,cova ering sheets of-fleXible material, the sheets of each set being connected at one edge only to the end wall or one ofthedividing walls and each'being of anarea in excess'of the horizontal cross sectionalarea of the assoi V ciated batch compartment to enable 'them to be lapped down into the respective batch v compartments varied distancesandthen into" frictional edge -to-edge contactwhereby' provide for a complete encasement of the material while in translt and yet permit" free dumping of the'encased material through the associated dividing wallsg'and end gate without the necessity of' sheet edge releasing manipulation. V

6. In a dump truck body,=abott'om "and walls defining afchamber to receive a plu-i rality of layers of material, one said wall being removable when the truck-body is dumped, a flexible separator sheet, having an area in excess of the area of the bottom whereby it may lie horizontally across the chamber and serve to completely separatean upper layer ofmaterial. from a lower layer of material, means to connect the sop arator sheet to the wall remote from the removable wall to retain the separator sheet in the chamber when the truck body is dumpedfland the layers of material dis:

charged therefrom, and a free-edged cover sheet overlapping upturned edges of the sep-l' aratoradjacent the chamber defining walls whereby the upper layer of material willbe encased by said sheetsrand will press the overlapped edges of the sheets into intimate material sealing contact while permitting free egress of the encased materialwhen the truck body is dumped. V

7 The combination with a dump body'for transporting segregated materials having a bottom and walls defining a rectangular material receiving hollow, of a plurality of rectangular material separating and covering sheets of flexible material connected at one edge only to a wall of the truck body adjacent the upper edge of said wall, said sheets each being of an area in excess of the horizontal cross sectional area of the truck body hollow to enable them to be lapped down into the body hollow varied distances and into frictional edge-to-edge contact whereby to provide fora complete encasement of the material While in transit, and means to releasably secure the contacting edges of the sheets for the purpose specified.

r -8. In 'adump truckbody, a bottom and walls defining a chamber to receive a plurality of layers of material, one said wall being removable when the truck body is dumped, a flexible separator sheet having an area in excess of the area of the bottom whereby it may lie horizontally across the chamber and serve to completely separate an upper layer ofmaterial from a lower layer of material, means to connect the separator sheet to the wall remote from the removable wall to retain the separator sheet in the chamber when thetruck body is dumped and the layers of material discharged therefrom, and a free-edged cover sheet overlapping upturned edges of the separator sheet adjacent the chamber defining walls whereby the upper layer of material will be encased by said sheets and will press the overlapped edges of the sheets into intimate material sealing contact while permitting free egress of the encased material when the truck body is dumped, said cover sheet being connected to the separator sheet along its edge remote from the removable wall so that it will remain with the separator sheet in the chamber when the layers of material are dump-discharged therefrom. V I

9. The combination with a dump truck body including a bottom, side walls,'a front wall and a rear wall defining a material receiving compartment, said rear wall being a movable when the body is to be dumped to permit egress of material from the compartment; of a flexible separator sheet attached at one edge to the front wall and being of an area suflicient to separate upper and lower layers'of material and a cover sheet of an area for completely covering the separated layer of material and being connected to the separator sheet along its edge nearest the front wall, said separator and cover sheet edges frictionallyengaging to encase the separated layer of material, and means to constrain the engaged edges against separating during transit of the truck body but automatically releasable when the truck body isdumped to permit free egress of the encased layer of material.

10. The combination with a dump truck i body including a bottom, side walls, a front wall and a rear wall defining a material receiving compartment, said rear wall being movable when the body is to be dumped to permit egress of material from the compartment; of a flexible separator sheet attached at one edge to the front wall and being of an area suflicient to separate upper and lower JAMES MONNESE TITCOMB. 

